coercion
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/koʊˈɝʃən/
English
Definitions
noun
- (not countable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
- (not countable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
- A specific instance of coercing.
- Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
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compulsioncoerciveenforcementimpositionforcibleduressextortionblackmailsubjugationoppressionincitementexigencyforcerepressionsuppressioncompulsory